grass jelly

English

grass jelly

Pronunciation

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Noun

grass jelly (uncountable)

1. A jellylike dessert found in China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, made by boiling grass or leaves of a plant in the mint family (Platostoma palustre) with potassium carbonate, and then cooling the liquid to a jelly-like consistency.

Translations

jellylike dessert

• Burmese: ကျောက်ကျော (my) (kyaukkyau:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 涼粉／凉粉 (loeng⁴ fan²)

  Hokkien: 草粿, 草仔粿 (zh-min-nan)

  Mandarin: 涼粉／凉粉 (zh) (liángfěn), 仙草凍／仙草冻 (zh) (xiāncǎodòng) (Taiwan), 仙草 (zh) (xiāncǎo) (Taiwan)

• Finnish: ruohohyytelö
• Hiligaynon: sansaw
• Indonesian: cincau (id)
• Khmer: ចាហួយខ្មៅ (caahuəy khmaw)
• Macanese: leong-fan
• Malay: cincau (ms)
• Spanish: jalea de hierba f, chanchau m
• Thai: เฉาก๊วย (th) (chǎo-gúai)
• Vietnamese: sương sáo (vi)